3 minutes agoUN chief: The world faces an unprecedented famine
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)On Friday, United Nations Organisation Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated that this year there is a real “ ” of multiple famine crises, and asked for the collection of food security ministers to take practical steps to stabilise food markets and reduce the instability of goods prices. [...]
“We face an unprecedented hunger crisis”, Guterres said at the virtual meeting held in Berlin. “The war in Ukraine has complicated even more of the problems that have arisen for years: climate change; pandemic COVIDD-19; deep, uneven recovery. ”
More than 460,000 people in Somalia, Yemen and South Sudan are in extreme hunger conditions, according to the classification of the Integrated Food Safety Face (IPC) a ladder used by UN agencies, regional organs and aid groups to determine food uncertainty. This is the step ahead of declaring hunger in a region.
Millions of people in 34 countries are on the verge of hunger, according to IPC statistics.
There is a real danger that many countries will declare famine in the year 2022. And the year 2023 could be even worse”, Guterres said, citing massive hunger and food crises in the 21st century as unacceptable.
Guterres said there would be no effective solution to the crisis, only if Ukraine and Russia, which produce together about 29% of grain exports, find a way to resume trade.
Posts from Ukraine's ports have been halted since the launch of Russia's invasion of its neighbour. Moscow wants some Western sanctions lifted in order to resume its exports of grain and agricultural waste.
The United Nations and Turkey are trying to broker an agreement.
Guterres gave no details on the talks, saying: “The public statements could prevent the success of negotiations”. He also urged ministers at the Berlin meeting to address the financial crisis in developing countries.
